Owner type
Corporation
Serial number
680A0061
Year built
2016
Type
Fixed wing multi engine
Engine
Turbo-fan
Airworthiness
Standard, transport
Airworthiness date
December 15, 2016
Certificate issued
September 26, 2026
Expires
September 30, 2033
Mode S code
A69582

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.

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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 3

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2018In forceSuperseded2026
ADs by the year they took effect: 3 ADs
20181
20231
20261

Information bulletins that may apply

Advisory, not mandatory.

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NTSB investigations · 1

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FAA incident reports · 1

FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model.

Reports on N523QS not matched to an aircraft · 1

They name N523QS, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.

Service difficulty reports · 13

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

SDR DXTA2025082604711Unknown · odorSLIGHT BURNING ODOR IN THE ACFT AT FL 210. OUTSIDE RAM AIR TEMP WAS 12 DEGREES C. NO SMOKE WAS PRESENT. NO UNUSUAL ODOR OR BURNING SMELL WAS NOTICED. STARTED APU FOR POWER AND BLEED SOURCE, OPERATED ALL CABIN SYSTEMS WITH NO ABNORMAL SMELLS. VISUALLY INSPECAug 24, 2025 · N523QS · Cessna 680A · Air Distribution SystemSDR DXTA2025052903684Elec Connector · disconnectedLOWER LEVEL EMER LIGHT IN LAV (BELOW THE SEAT) IS UNSERVICABLE. ALL OTHER LIGHTS WORK NORMALLY CORRECTIVE ACTION: GAINED ACCESS TO AIRCARFT AND TURNED ON EMERGENCY LIGHT. VERFIFIED "EXIT" LIGH IN LAV UNDER SAET WAS NOT ILLUMINATIONG. SHUT DOWN POWER AND REMOVEMay 29, 2025 · N523QS · Cessna 680A · Light System WiringSDR DXTA2024062712182Seal · unknownLOUD SQUEAL HEARD DURING DECENT FROM 7500 FT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 5000 FT. 2.7 PRESSURE DIFFERENCE WHEN SQUEALING STOPPED. NO SQUEAL DURING CLIMB OR CRUISE. CABIN DOOR SEAL DETAILED INSPECTION CARRIED OUT WITHOUT FINDINGS IAW MM 52-10-00-222 REV.20. APU PRESJun 26, 2024 · N523QS · Cessna 680A · Passenger/Crew DoorsSDR DXTA2022091970730None · noneMAIN EXIT SIGN/LIGHT: MAIN DOOR EXIT SIGN LIGHTS REMAIN ON REGARDLESS OF SWITCH POSITION. // SIGNOFF// FOUND #1 EMERGENCY LIGHTING INERTIA SWITCH TO BE TRIPPED. RESET #1 EMERGENCY LIGHTING INERTIA SWITCH. PERFORMED EMERGENCY LIGHTING INERTIA SWITCH OPS CHECK Sep 18, 2022 · N523QS · Cessna 120 · Emergency LightingSDR DXTA2021082547640Battery · faultyCABIN EMERG LIGHT: WHEN PLANE POWERED UP WITHIN 20 MINS OF SHUTDOWN, THE FOLLOWING EMERGENCY LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE: FLOOR SEAT 5 & 8, OVER WIND RIGHT SIDE, AND OVERHEAD SEAT 7 (VERY DIM) WHEN APU STARTED , ALL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED BUT EXTINGUISHED SHORTLY Aug 24, 2021 · N523QS · Cessna 680A · Emergency LightingSDR DXTA2021082447640Light · inoperativeCABIN EMERG LIGHT: WHEN PLANE POWERED UP WITHIN 20 MINS OF SHUTDOWN, THE FOLLOWING EMERGENCY LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE: FLOOR SEAT 5 & 8, OVER WIND RIGHT SIDE, AND OVERHEAD SEAT 7 (VERY DIM) WHEN APU STARTED , ALL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED BUT EXTINGUISHED SHORTLY Aug 24, 2021 · N523QS · Cessna 680A · Emergency LightingSDR 2021FA0000145Cover · corroded#2 ENGINE ACCESSORY GEAR BOX REAR COVER HAS MULTIPLE AREAS OF CORROSION. TEMPORARY REPAIR AND PROTECTION OF THE AGB COVER FLANGES FROM MINOR CORROSION IAW P&WC 306D1 MM 72-60-01 REV. 17.May 17, 2021 · N523QS · Cessna 680A · Accessory GearboxesSDR 2021F00118Gearbox · corroded#1 ENGINE ACCESSORY GEARBOX REAR COVER HAS CORROSION IN MULTIPLE AREAS. TEMPORARY REPAIR AND PROTECTION OF THE AGB COVER FLANGES FROM MINOR CORROSION IAW P&WC 306D1 MM 72-60-01 REV. 17.May 17, 2021 · N523QS · Cessna 680A · Accessory GearboxesSDR DXTA022620213863Door · out of alignmentMAIN DOOR: CABIN DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE UNTIL AFTER THE CANCEL BUTTON IS PRESSED. THEN DOOR OCCASIONALLY STOPS HALF WAY UP, THEN CONTINUES. // SIGN OFF // INSPECTED FOUND UPPER PART OF SEAL (AIRFRAME SIDE) WAS OUT OF TRACK, RESECURED THE SEAL, COMPLIED WITH OPSFeb 25, 2021 · N523QS · Cessna 680A · Passenger/Crew DoorsSDR DXTA022520213863Door · malfunctionedMAIN DOOR: CABIN DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE UNTIL AFTER THE CANCEL BUTTON IS PRESSED. THEN DOOR OCCASIONALLY STOPS HALF WAY UP, THEN CONTINUES.Feb 25, 2021 · N523QS · Cessna 680A · Passenger/Crew DoorsSDR DXTA2020091404086Actuator · failedON DESCENT, STARTED TO SMELL A LIGHT BURNING SMELL IT WAS FOLLOWED BY AN AMBER BLD AIR O TEMP R CAS MESAGE. WE RAN THE CHECKLIST AND THE CAS MESSAGE WENT OUT. THE SMELL WENT AWAY. AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE BURNING SMELL RETURNED, SO WE JUST TURNED THE RIGHT Sep 14, 2020 · N523QS · Cessna 680A · Pneumatic Distribution SystemSDR 2020F00304Doubler · crackedCRACK DAMAGE, NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL WELL (NWW), FRAME, WEB, AND DOUBLERS, FS 75. ACCOMPLISHED FIELD REPAIR SR-680A-ATA53-25890 REV- DATED JUNE 1, 2020 AND 8100-9 DATED 6/1/2020; STANDARD REPAIR - CRACK DAMAGE, NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL WELL (NWW), FRAME, WEB, Jun 15, 2020 · N523QS · Cessna 680A · Fuselage Miscellaneous StructureSDR 2020F00170Fairing · delaminatedLOWER FAIRING (RIGHT SIDE) DAMAGE, ENGINEERING MEMO DQ2744M1 DATED FEBRUARY 13,2020,Feb 14, 2020 · N523QS · Cessna 680A · Aerodynamic Fairings
Reports on N523QS not matched to an aircraft · 2

They name N523QS, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.

STCs that may be installed · 16

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